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Sustaining Language Diversity in Europe

2005-11-10 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2005-11-10
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Sustaining Language Diversity in Europe by : G. Williams

Download or read book Sustaining Language Diversity in Europe written by G. Williams. This book was released on 2005-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a post-structuralist approach in analyzing the Euromosaic data about European minority language groups, Glyn Williams argues that different states construct minority language groups and speakers in different ways. This leads to an argument about the nature of democracy and how the current changes in governmental discourses accommodate linguistic and cultural diversity.

Sustaining Linguistic Diversity

2008-03-06 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2008-03-06
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Sustaining Linguistic Diversity by : Kendall A. King

Download or read book Sustaining Linguistic Diversity written by Kendall A. King. This book was released on 2008-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalization. Sustaining Linguistic Diversity brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical work from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Together, these contributions provide a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller languages and language varieties. The book begins by grappling with how we define endangerment—how languages and language varieties are best classified, what the implications of such classifications are, and who should have the final say in making them. The contributors then turn to the documentation and description of endangered languages and focus on best practices, methods and goals in documentation, and on current field reports from around the globe. The latter part of the book analyzes current practices in developing endangered languages and dialects and particular language revitalization efforts and outcomes in specific locations. Concluding with critical calls from leading researchers in the field to consider the human lives at stake, Sustaining Linguistic Diversity reminds scholars, researchers, practitioners, and educators that linguistic diversity can only be sustained in a world where diversity in all its forms is valued.

Respecting Linguistic Diversity in the European Union

2008 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2008
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Respecting Linguistic Diversity in the European Union by : Xabier Arzoz

Download or read book Respecting Linguistic Diversity in the European Union written by Xabier Arzoz. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session

Does Europe need one language?

2009-10-20 Political Science
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Release : 2009-10-20
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Does Europe need one language? by : Ilinca Apolzan

Download or read book Does Europe need one language? written by Ilinca Apolzan. This book was released on 2009-10-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,3, Fontys University of Applied Sciences Venlo, course: European Studies, language: English, abstract: Today the European Union (EU) is home to 497 million people from diverse ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The Union is the only organization that unifies so many different countries, more precisely 23 official languages and 27 European nations (Zimmer 2007, p. 20). Driven by the common idea of creating a democratic community and a globally competitive market, the EU strongly corroborates equality of every nation’s culture, values and languages. Nevertheless the EU is currently struggling with the discrepancy between cultural and linguistic diversity and the equal integration of every member state. Additionally, the emerging English, as the international lingua franca, seems to put a strain on the peaceful cooperation of all 23 official languages. In view of this unfortunate development the question aroused if Europe needs one common language. The first two segments of chapter 2 are to give an overview of the linguistic situation and the official language arrangements of the EU. The following segment describes the contentious situation of the EU, caused by superior number of languages, high costs and the actual inequality of some official languages. In the first subsection of chapter 3 several reason for adopting only one official language are determined. Thereupon the languages Latin, Esperanto and English are analyzed to examine if one of them is able to function as the European lingua franca. In the last part of chapter 3 a short conclusion on monolingualism is drawn and the effects on the functioning of the EU explained. Based on the previous formulated conclusion, the first segment of chapter 4 for will sum up main reasons for maintaining the European language diversity. In addition the positive attitude of the EU towards multilingualism and its main objectives for a multilingual EU are presented. A final result on multilingualism and the answer of the core question of the report ends this chapter. A final conclusion aims to point out the necessity of lingual diversity for the future progress of the EU.

Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts

2007-04-17 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2007-04-17
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Book Synopsis Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts by : A. Pauwels

Download or read book Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts written by A. Pauwels. This book was released on 2007-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary perspectives from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of linguistic diversity.

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